A long funeral procession led by a band walks down Main Street in Central City, Colorado, probably during the 1890s, possibly for Sheriff R. B. Williams who was fatally shot by Samuel Covington, a quartz hauler from Nevadaville, in April of 1896. (Williams' funeral was one of the largest ever recorded in Gilpin County.) Two long rows of men wearing sashes across their chests walk side-by-side down the dirt road. A series of horse-drawn carriages follows behind the men. ; opposite the lodge.; The New York Store Mercantile Co. building stands in the right foreground with an imprint reading: "Harris Block" at the top of its facade. Spectators stand on the sidewalk in front of several shops, including a tailor and a wallpaper and paint store. An advertisement for Kuner's Pork and Beans is painted on the side of the Ancient Order of United Workmen (A.O.U.W.) Central City Lodge No. 16 building in the background. The Hawley House and Company warehouse stands

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